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2024 Christopher Gee, OD
2023 Candi Kimura, OD
2022 Amanda Dexter, OD, FAAO
2021 Ida Chung, OD, FAAO
2020 Jason Tu, OD
2019 Ron Seger, OD
2018 Ranjeet Bajwa, OD, FAAO
2017 Sage Hider, OD
2016 Stevin Minie, OD
2015 Barry Weissman, OD, PhD, FAAO
2014 John Rosten, OD
2013 Fred Dubick, OD, MBA, FAAO
2012 Movses D’Janbatian, OD
2011 Page Yarwood, OD, FAAO
2010 Harue Marsden, OD, MS, FAAO
2009 Hilary Hawthorne, OD
2008 David Redman, OD
2007 Robert Theaker, OD
2006 Kenneth S. Lawenda, OD
2005 John E. Larcabal, OD
2003 2004 Lawrence Thal, OD, FAAO
2002 W. Joseph Garvin, OD
2001 Scott Daly, OD
2000 Edward P. Hernandez, OD
1999 Dawn M. Miller, OD
1998 Rick T. Iwai, OD
1997 Lee A. Goldstein, OD
1996 David J. Benkle, OD
1995 Philip B. Smith, OD
1994 Peter R. Col, OD
1993 Joseph C. Mallinger, OD, FAAO
1992 L. Bruce Mebine, OD
1991 Tony Carnevali, OD
1990 Lynn Caffrey Gabriel, OD
1989 Robert L. Gordon, OD
1988 Harry J. Charm, OD
1987 James L. Cox, OD
1986 Theodore B. Christensen, OD
1984 – 1985 Marvin R. Kasanoff, OD
1983 Allan N. Freid, OD
1982 L. Edward Elliott, OD
1981 Renald J. Anelle, OD
1980 Jerry S. Lieblein, OD
1979 Ernest Nankas, OD
1978 Richard H. Kendall, OD
1977 W. Keith Wilson, OD
1976 Jesse C. Beasley, OD
1975 Paul R. Nielsen, OD
1974 Gerald J. Easton, OD
2023 Dr. Julie Schornack
2022 Dr. David Ardaya
2021 Dr. Steve Minie
2020 Dr. Fred Dubick
2019 Dr. John Rosten
2018 Dr. Jim Dallas
2017 Dr. Dave Redman
2016 Dr. Bob Theaker
2015 Dr. Dawn Miller
2014 Dr. Ernie Takahashi
2013 Dr. Tommy Lim
2012 Dr. Scott Daly
2011 Dr. Jeffery Calmere
2010 Dr. Duane Decroupet
2009 Dr. Joseph Mallinger
2008 Dr. Lee Goldstein
2007 Dr. Kenneth Lawenda
2006 Dr. Glenda Secor
2005 Dr. Page Yarwood
2004 Dr. Ernie Nankas
2003 Dr. Dorothy Okamoto
2003 Dr. Philip Smith
2002 Dr. Peter Col
2001 Dr. Tony Carnevali
2000 Dr. Curtis Keswick
1999 Dr. Julie Ryan
1998 Dr. Bruce Mebine
1997 Dr. Arthur Low
1996 Dr. Robert Gordon
1995 Dr. Thomas Nagy
1994 Dr. Kenneth Schwaderer
1993 Dr. Stephen Chun
1992 Dr. Marvin Kasanoff
1991 Dr. Howard Levenson
1990 Dr. Renald Anelle
1989 Dr. Jerome Lieblein
1988 Dr. Richard Hopping
1987 Dr. L. Edward Elliott
1986 Dr. Allan Freid
1985 Dr. Richard Kendall
1984 Dr. Roy Brandbreth
1983 Dr. Norman Jacoby
1982 Dr. Bernhardt Thal
1981 Dr. O. Doyle Dannenberg
1980 Dr. Byron Newman
1979 Dr. Lawerence Creasey
1978 Dr. Robert Kettenhofen
1977 Dr. Richard Spencer
1976 Dr. Joseph Farrington
1975 Dr. Paul Barr
1974 Dr. Leonard Osias
1973 Dr. Charles Mcquarrie
1972 Dr. Marvin Poston
1971 Dr. J.O. Pence
1970 Dr. Meredith Morgan, Jr.
1969 Dr. Monroe Hirsch
1968 Dr. Charles Seger
1967 Dr. Bernard Garrett
1966 Dr. Herbert Kallman
1965 Dr. Arthur Heinsen, Jr.
1964 Dr. George I Deane, Jr.
1963 Dr. William Fleischman
1962 Dr. C. Roger Brissman
1961 Dr. Homer Hendrickson
1960 Dr. Roy Swain
1959 Dr. Henry Peters
1958 Dr. D. Leroy Leatart
1957 Dr. Walter Studt
1956 Dr. James R. Gregg
2023 Stacy Hu, OD
2023 Britney Kitamata Wong, OD
2023 Celia Gong, OD
2023 Christine Yoo, OD
2022 Kailey Marshall, OD
2022 Will To, OD
2022 Matthew Wang, OD
2022 Katherine Lai, OD
2022 Jeffry Wu, OD
2022 Maria Esther Salado, OD
2021 Jennifer Fisher, OD
2021 Nichole Moos, OD
2021 Daphne Chan, OD
2021 Rich Yang, OD
2020 Nicole Kohan, OD
2020 Sarah Lopez, OD
2020 Christine Ng, OD
2020 Millie Liu, OD
2020 Amanda Havens, OD
2019 Jacqueline Theis, OD, FAAO
2019 Marina Rocchi, OD
2019 Munish Sharma, MD, OD, FAAO
2019 Gloria Chow, OD
2019 Rachelle Lin, OD, MS, FAAO
2018 Lernik Torossian, OD, FAAO
2018 Heidi Miller, OD, FAAO
2018 Ellin Wu, OD, FAAO
2018 Fabian Corona, OD, MS
2018 Brandon Friedman, OD
2017 Amanda Dexter, OD
2017 Francisca Escobar, OD
2017 Jasmine Junge, OD
2017 Justin Kwan, OD
2017 Jonathan Ross, OD
2016 Allison Pierce, OD, FAAO
2016 Brian Park, OD
2016 Danny Ngo, OD
2016 Pinakin Davey OD, PhD, FAAO
2016 Sarah Kochik, OD, FAAO
2015 Robert Omoto, OD
2015 Mary Demirjian, OD
2015 Ketan Bakriwala, OD
2015 Kelly Kageyama, OD
2015 Andrea De Souza, OD
2014 Sarah Wolff, OD
2014 Kristopher Skromme, OD
2014 Jennifer Hsieh, OD
2014 Isabell Choi, OD
2014 Adam Shupe, OD
2013 Ranjeet Singh Bajwa, OD
2013 Jonovan Ottenbacher, OD
2013 Jeffrey Nishi, OD
2013 Erin F. Swift, OD, FAAO
2012 Wendy Lam, OD
2012 Matthew Earhart, OD
2012 Gene Chang, OD
2012 Carrie Turley, OD
2011 Lee Dodge, OD
2011 Katherine Witmeyer, OD
2011 Jason Lam, OD
2011 Edeline Lu, OD
2011 Alex Baker, OD
2010 Linda Rappa, OD
2010 Ketul Joshi, OD
2010 Christopher Vargas, OD
2010 Christopher Gee, OD
2010 Candice Galvan, OD
2009 Stacey Gin, OD
2009 Leanne Lee, OD
2009 Karen Peschke, OD
2009 Elaine Chung, OD
2009 David Ardaya, OD
2008 Matthew Wang, OD
2008 Karen Santillan, OD
2008 Joshua Corben, OD
2008 Derron Lee, OD
2008 Amy Jo Calder, OD
2007 Steven Bae, OD
2007 Shelley Wu, OD
2007 Liza Dimaranan, OD
2006 Viraj Shah, OD
2006 Rahul Keswani, OD
2006 Nasiruddin Khan, OD
2006 Minna Huang, OD
2006 Corey Hodes, OD
2005 Karen Kopiko, OD
2005 John Lee, OD
2005 Catherine Egusa, OD
2004 Kelly Shintani, OD
2004 Eunice Myung, OD
2003 Melissa Barnett, OD
2003 Matthew Alpert, OD
2003 James Winnick, OD
2003 Frances Guerrero, OD
2003 Deegan Lew, OD
2002 Trang Nguyen, OD
2002 Lisa Hopkins, OD
2002 Darren Lee, OD
2002 Amy T. Chu, OD
2001 Lori Johnson, OD
2001 Leonilo O. Torio, OD
2001 Karen Haiyen Chao, OD
2000 Yvonne K. Weisz, OD
2000 Scott Fleming, OD
2000 Michael A. Kling, OD
2000 Karen S. Collom, OD
2000 Hilary Hawthorne, OD
1999 Tracy Miller, OD
1999 Ruth Tang, OD
1999 John Pack, OD
1999 Ana Chang-Smith, OD
2023 Rachelle Lin, OD, FAAO, MS
2022 Marlena Chu, OD
2021 Naida Jakirlic, OD, FAAO
2020 Judy Tong, OD, FAAO
2019 Anne Mika Moy, OD, FAAO
2018 Robin Drescher, OD, MS, FAAO
2017 George W. Comer, OD, MBA , FAAO
2016 John Corzine, OD, FAAO
2015 Catherine Heyman, OD
2015 Pinakin Davey, OD, PhD, FAAO
2014 David Sendrowski, OD, FAAO
2014 Glen Ozawa, OD
2014 Joshua Cameron, PhD
2013 Jason S. Ng, OD, PhD, FAAO
2013 Patsy Harvey, OD, MPH, FAAO
2013 Raymond Maeda, OD, FAAO
2012 David Sendrowski, OD FAAO
2012 Edward Revelli, OD, FAAO
2012 Maryke Nijhuis Neiberg, OD, FAAO
2011 Donald Egan, OD, FAAO
2011 Robert Dister, OD, JD, MS, FAAO
2011 Tony Carnevali, OD
2010 Kierstyn Napier Dovorany, OD, FAAO
2010 Robert Dimartino, OD, FAAO
2010 Susan Cotter, OD, MS
2009 John Corzine, OD
2009 Mark Sawamura, OD
2009 Tiffenie Harris, OD
2008 Eric Borsting, OD, MS
2008 Robert Greer, OD, FAAO
2007 Becky Kammer, OD
2007 Karen Walker Brandreth, OD
2006 Gunilla Haegerstrom Portnoy, OD, PhD, FAAO
2006 Julie Schornack, OD
2017 Joe Mallinger, OD
2015 William Rogoway, OD
2014 Senator Edward Hernandez, OD
2011 William A. Gould, Jr., Esq.
1997 Richard H. Hopping, OD
2009 Martin H. Prince, O.D.
2007 Lesley Walls, OD, MD, DOS
2004 Ellis Katz
2003 O. Doyle Dannenberg, OD
2003 Anthony Adams, OD, PhD
2002 K. Michael Larkin, OD, FAAO
1999 James R. Gregg, OD
1997 Richard H. Hopping, OD
1993 Allan N. Fried, OD
1992 Joseph E. Farrington, OD
1990 Richard H. Kendall, OD
1978 Francis A. Young, Ph.D.
1976 Mrs. Mary Tarbox
1989 Members of the Assistance League of Fullerton
1988 Mr. & Mrs. Charles Garoni
1983 Lions Low Vision Aids Services Program
1982 John Anthony O’Donnell
1979 Siret D. Jaanus, PhD
1974 Mrs. Marion Bartoo
1973 Vision Rehabilitation Center of Santa Clara County, Inc.
1973 Arnold I. Kisch, MD.
1972 Samuel M. Genensky, PhD
1970 Lions Sight Conservation Center San Diego
1970 Mrs. Robert Case
1969 Children’s Vision Center of the East Bay
1968 Peter L. Spencer, PhD
1968 Hon. George N. Zenovich
1967 Hon. B.F. Sisk
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2018 SVOS
2017 SCCOS
2016 ACCCOS
2015 SVOS
2014 LACOS
2013 SDCOS
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2011 SDCOS
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2009 SCCOS
2008 ACCCOS
2007 ACCCOS
2006 SDCOS
2005 ACCCOS
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2003 ACCCOS
2003 ACCCOS
2002 SDCOS
2001 SCCOS
2000 SDCOS
1999 OCOS
1998 SDCOS
1997 SDCOS
1996 SDCOS
1995 SDCOS
1994 SDCOS
1993 IEOS
1992 ACCCOS
1991 ACCCOS
1990 ACCCOS
1989 SDCOS, SMOS
1988 SDCOS
1987 SDCOS, RHOS
1986 SDCOS
1985 SCCOS
1984 LACOS
1983 LACOS
1982 SFVOS
1981 ACCCOS
1980 SCCOS
1979 LACOS
1978 OCOS
1977 SFVOS
1976 SDCOS
1975 CCOS
1974 ACCCOS
1973 CCOS
1972 SDCOS
1971 SCCOS
1970 SCCOS
1969 LACOS
1968 TKCOS
1967 SCCOS
1966 SCCOS
1965 SCCOS
1964 Long Beach
1963 ACCCOS
1962 CCOS
1961 LACOS
1960 SDCOS
1959 SCCOS
1958 SJOS
1957 CCOS
2023 SDCOS
2022 IEOS
2021 ACCCOS
2020 LACOS
2019 SCCOS
2018 RHOS
2017 ACCCOS
2016 ACCCOS
2015 SDCOS
2014 ACCCOS, SDCOS
2013 ACCCOS, SCCOS
2012 SMOS
2011 ACCCOS
2010 SCCOS
2009 OCOS
2008 SCCOS
2007 SJOS
2006 MBOS, SBOS
2005 OCOS
2004 ACCCOS
2002 SDCOS
2001 SFVOS
2000 SJOS
1999 SMOS
2023 SDCOS
2022 OCOS
2021 RHOS
2020 SCCOS
2019 IEOS
2018 SDCOS
2017 CCOS
2016 SVOS
2015 OCOS
2014 OCOS
2013 SGVOS
2012 SGVOS
2011 SCCOS
2010 SVOS
2009 SBOS
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Chief Strategy Officer
Dr. Lance Anderson is the Chief Strategy Officer at PECAA, where he is engaged in all aspects of company strategy. He co-founded PECAA in 2007 and helped lead the organization as it grew from a small local Portland study group to a national alliance of independently owned eye care practices. He served as a board member of Rev-360 from 2015 – 2021 and helped oversee the management and successful sale of Revolution EHR, Visionary Partners, and eventually PECAA.
He earned his Doctor of Optometry degree from Pacific University in 1991. He started his own optometry practice in 1993 in Hillsboro, OR, and was able to grow the practice into a busy three-doctor clinic. He retired from clinical care in 2021 and then moved to New York City where he was tasked with helping to integrate PECAA with the HEA buying group. He recently moved to Nashville, TN where he will continue to be actively involved in creating the future vision for PECAA as it is integrated into the VSP family of businesses.
Chief Member Experience Officer
Dr. Justin Manning is the Chief Member Experience Officer at PECAA, where he leads the member experience team, encompassing member education, the Member Business Advisory services, Events, and the Cold Start program. He is the founder and host of the Practice Advantage podcast. Prior to joining PECAA, he founded The Keratoconus and Scleral Lens Institute at Bettner Vision in Colorado Springs, and eyeLeader, a consulting company focused on leadership development, technology in eyecare, and population health.
He has contributed to Review of Optometric Business and has lectured nationally and internationally on specialty contact lenses, design thinking, population health, and the patient experience. He earned his Doctor of Optometry degree from The Ohio State University and completed a residency in Geriatric Optometry at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Tacoma, WA, a Master of Public Health degree at Salus University, and a graduate certificate in Customer Experience from the CU Boulder Leeds School of Business. He is driven to help all independent eye care professionals grow their businesses and enjoy their practices every single day.
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